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Corcoesto Gold Project, Spain
The Corcoesto gold project is located in north-west Spain, about 36km west-south-west of the port city of La Coruña in the Galician Autonomous Community. The project is in the advanced stage of exploration, with a 12,000m drilling program progressing...
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Boulby, United Kingdom
In the 1960s, with fertiliser demand growing and the UK reliant on imported potash, ICI decided to develop reserves 40km from its Cleveland facilities in north-east England. The 200ha mine site is at Boulby, half-way between the Tees estuary...
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Boliden Area Operations (BAO), Sweden
In 1924, the Holmtjarn gold deposit was discovered at Boliden, near Skelleftea in northern Sweden. Soon after, the Boliden Mining Company was formed. Although this mine shut in 1967, the concentrator has continued to treat ores from other Boliden...
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Barruecopardo Tungsten Project, Castilla y Leon, Spain
The Barruecopardo Tungsten Project is situated in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain. It is 100% owned and operated by Ormonde Mining and has a life of nine years. The mine is planned to be an open pit...
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Amulsar Gold Mine Project, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia
Amulsar gold mine is located 170km south of the capital city Yerevan in Armenia. The mine was discovered in 2006 by Lydian International in the south of Armenia, on the border between the provinces of Vayots Dzor and Sunnik....
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Aitik Copper Mine, Sweden
Aitik copper mine is one of four mines owned by Boliden. Located near Gallivare, northern Sweden, the low-grade Aitik copper deposit was discovered in the early 1930s. Bulk-mining technology made exploitation feasible in the 1960s and mining at Europe's...
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Eynez Coal Mine, Soma, Manisa, Turkey
The Eynez coal mine in Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey, saw one of the world's worst mining disasters on 13 May 2014 following an explosion. The total number of casualties from the incident was estimated at 282 the following day...
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